48 Hour Print

Always have a great outcome. quick turnaround and their online interface is so easy.

I cannot even begin to comprehend the bad reviews here (way to go, Unilocalers…) I use
for all of my print jobs and I’ve recommended them to so many of my clients that I can no longer keep track. I highly recommend the offset printing (typically quantities of 500 or more) and I always select the matte finish coating for that upscale, polished look. Print turnaround in 48-​hours? It’s unheard of in the industry. I also love the online ordering process, it’s seamless. Perhaps because I’m a seasoned graphic designer who knows how to properly prepare files —
has been the perfect solution for me. I’m also fortunate enough to live in Tempe, AZ where they have a print facility so I pickup locally… HUGE bonus!
The online templates they provide are wonderful. They save me time and I am ensured that my bleeds are proper. I’ve never had anything cropped that shouldn’t be. It is important to note the cutoff times for print jobs, customer service can help with that if you’re on a tight deadline and unsure. Some people on here have complained about the 48-​hour turnaround…6Ps people.
Speaking of customer service, I’ve found that it’s top notch. Anytime I call they have gone above and beyond to help answer my questions. The on-​site team in Tempe is always so helpful and friendly when I come to pickup my order… we’ve got a flawless relationship. I’ve never once been disappointed in a single print job, which is why I’ll continue to spend my thousands of print dollars annually with none other than the best. Thank you for great service and an even greater product!!!
FYI — my first print job with
was July 2007, nearly a decade ago. This speaks volumes when I say I’ve never had a bad experience and I’m always thrilled with the quality. Love love love these guys…

48hour print has such quick turn around that even if it were going to be 8 hours delayed it wouldn’t upset me. Traditional print companies usually take 2 – 3 times as long before it’s ready, if not longer. So as long as the quality stays the same, it’s golden.
Reading the other reviews the age of them makes sense. I’ve had nothing but positive experiences. I’ve had to call in to swap my cards shipping to next day once I realized 2-​day was going to be a day late. Everything arrived on time and was absolutely perfect. We will be ordering our business cards ONLY through 48 hour print & will research future products we can source through them that we hadn’t thought of.

Print quality is standard online print quality. Some of the finishes are not applied evenly (chalky or streaky). The customer service is not great and they have canned responses for everything. Don’t expect them to do you any favors like pushing your job to the front of the line even if you’ve sent many clients there. The turnaround is fast enough, but when they say 48 hours they don’t mean 2 working business days (ie: not shipping at the end of the second day), so if you submit a job on a Wednesday evening they won’t process til Thursday morning and ship Monday. Why not ship Friday end of day? You end up paying double the printing cost in Fedex fees! Stick with a local printer instead!

I *AM* a graphic designer and have been using 48hourprint for fliers and postcards for 3 years now, printing about 4 times a year. I’ve been very happy with everything I’ve done through them. I had one project in which the orientation of front and back was very important, and I called them and they were very helpful and made sure my project came out as I needed it to. Once, I was rushing and failed to check my final image resolution, and as with Tim’s experience, they contacted me so I could fix it before it printed. It took me a while to trust the digital proofing process since you can’t check color, but printing quality is excellent; I have never seen registration issues on anything I’ve printed with them, and the color has always been just fine. (I’m not printing art books here; color matching is not critical — I just need a good range of values and generally the correct hues, and I have never had any surprises. If you have something that is SO color-​critical, you should be getting hard-​copy proofs — and maybe not printing with an online company because you can’t go on-​press unless you happen to live nearby). Their website states right on the first page that there are quantity restrictions for the 48-​hour guarantee (although I’ll grant that it’s toward the bottom of the page), and it also says on each product page what the specific restrictions are (for under 500, 500 to 5000, and 5000+). Although they only guarantee a 5-​day turnaround for 5000 postcards, I have always received them in a week. Another bonus: they don’t seem to publicize this much but all of their paper is FSC-​certified. And lastly but importantly, the price is amazing and they are constantly sending out discounts to their email list. You’ll be hard pressed to find anyone comparable. Only two downsides: I wish there was a quantity option for postcards between 2500 and 5000, and I wish they had a printing facility here in MA.

The name of the company should be changed. It’s been over 48hours and I changed my delivery method from 2 day fedex to next day air (paying $ 50+ more) just to get it by 5pm Wednesday for a client. I called 48 Hour Print since it’s been over 48 hours and I did not receive any sort of delivery status — they told me the postcards were not mailed out and they would not be here til the very next day — Thursday (when they already told me yesterday it would be here on Wednesday), so basically all the guy could do was apologize and nothing else. DO NOT USE 48HOUR PRINT — they DO NOT work within the 48hours. I was extremely disappointed and my relationship with my client had soured since i missed an important deadline. I suggest NEVER TO USE 48HOUR PRINT if you have TIME SENSITIVE items to print and receive. ugh, they really need to change their name…

I have friends that live in Boston and they use 48hourPrint for their business and have for years. When I needed to get business cards for my consultants I contacted them and they provided the cards to me quickly and exactly how I wanted.
So I started using them for more work, like stationary, fliers, etc.
I now use them as my exclusive printing partner. *sometimes I have to go copy and print some things out in a pinch/​emergency :)
I couldn’t ask for a better print company to work with. Check out their website or give them a call!

Fantastic customer service and business cards.
Thank you.

Just received my order for their new product, bumper stickers. I’ve been ordering materials, including bumper stickers, for campaigns since 2007. I am accustomed to reading the specs, and am also used to receiving a proof that accurately shows me what my job will look like. In this case, I provided a 300 dpi, CMYK file (created in Photoshop, converted to a PDF in Acrboat Pro at Press Quality) and received a proof that looked very close to my original. I approved it. When the stickers arrived, they were a pale version of what I approved. When I called, I was told that the proof I received «looks like what your file would look like if you created it properly.» HUH? Don’t you create it FROM my file? And what on earth is the purpose of providing a proof that is a «in an ideal world» proof … and that may (or may not) bear any resemblence to your actual job??! These were a huge disappointment, and I will certainly return to doing business — for bumper stickers at least! — with companies who know what they are doing.

We’ve used 48HourPrint for years and have always been happy with the results. It’s very important that you understand the specs that they give on their website and that you adhere to them. If you don’t understand them, hire a graphic designer!

Disaster is right. Scam artists. Postcards were beyond terrible. I have worked in printing for 10 years, had this same image printed multiple times. The colors are so off, I can’t even begin to tell you how bad the piece is. Don’t ever use this company. There is cyan in areas where there shouldn’t even be cyan. After a 30 minute phone call, the sales rep offered me a discount on my next printing job. He refused to give me his supervisor or manager’s name. Absolutely do not use this company.

Total disaster. Ordered 2 sets of business cards, and made sure to look out for their bleed specs — paid for overnighting. They came back with totally different cuts! It was obvious because both cards had a picture of me on them, and on one set part of my head was cut off! This order cost me $ 130 for 200 cards overnighted. But when I called the company they told me it was my fault because there wasn’t enough trim room. I told them that might only make sense if my 2 identical cards weren’t completely differently cut. 1 was perfect, the other quite chopped through the head.
After spending forever on the phone with them they told me they would only be willing to credit me $ 25 towards a future order! Like that’s ever going to happen. And that doesn’t even cover the fact that if I have to change printers or files, I have to reprint BOTH sets so that they will match. And they really made it out to be like they were being really generous and they neever do this… when obviously this is going to cause me a huge hassle in time and money as a small business to get this fixed. $ 130 down the drain, and now I have to spend another $ 130+ elsewhere just to be sure it gets done right! If you want amateur cards, just print them at home.

Ordered 1 copy each of 4 poster-​sized prints and they shipped all 4 separately because it was easier for them, they said. Shipping cost as much as the posters. Certainly someone can deliver the same quality cheaper. Also, the proofing mechanism on their web site didn’t work the day I used it.

Recently used 48 hour print for a large mailing (5000 postcards). The turnaround time for the postcards review was NOT 48 hours. And of the 4000 names and addresses we provided, we were told that only 2700 of them were valid addresses. Mind you, we have used this mailing list for years and update it daily! Ended up having to pay almost $ 200 to have the postcards overnighted to another mail fulfillment center that was able to get the postcards out using our mailing list the VERY NEXT DAY! I will not be using this service again nor would I recommend this service to anyone.